Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 292

The New Tale of Old Shanghai
Kowloon Tong School (Primary Section), Cheung, Wing Ning – 9
B
oom!” A shot of lightning struck.” Boom! A sound of thunder crashed loudly. Originally the dark sea was
calm and dark, a block of white light shined.
Two mischievous children woke up; they were Harry and Tomah. They are sneaky murderers who killed a lady
from the past in 1924.
One day, a detective called Dreamy dropped her “The book of mysteries unsolved (New Tales)” on the new
fragile glass floor.
“I am so clumsy. I must be more careful the next time.” She picks up the book and put it on her office desk. She
did not know that she is the tenth person to find this book.
She wore a pastel yellow dress with a row of cobalt hearts around the hem and a pretty pink sash around her waist.
She had black polka-dotted Wellington boots on her feet, and her long, wavy blonde hair, held back by a crimson
Alice band. She was on an important mission, so she is going to start her journey.” Oh, this is the book that I was
considering so hard. It was here all the time. I am as stubborn as a donkey.” she said.
“Woah! So many unsolved cases. Let me see, oh I will start with this one. The dancing lady of old Shanghai.”
Suddenly, her hand is going into the book. “What is happening?” Dreamy said. Five seconds later, her body went
into the book. And she fell in the book! Just like Alice!
“Wow! Where am I?” She said in a high pitch voice. “Why is my voice so high? Okay, okay relax.”
She saw people selling delicious buns and carrying veggies to their place to sell it. Many men were carrying water
to give to their famil